Coptic Hackathon

Welcoming all creative minds in the areas of design, engineering, and programming to come and compete in developing hardware or software that could help our churches in any way!

RSVP Below

Register a team of at most 4 or register individually and find a team at the event! All ages and congregants of other churches are welcome.

Possibilities?

Anything you think would be helpful. You can code an app or website, or design a piece of hardware or anything. Just be creative. 

Awards?

There will be food and prizes awarded to top ideas. Even if you are not as skilled, come and meet others that can help you work on your skills and ideas.

RSVP Required As Soon As Possible

Tentative Schedule

Schedule subject to change.

Divine liturgy

9am-11am

Lunch/Social Hour/ Sign-in/Introduction

11am-12pm

Hackathon

12pm-6pm

Dinner

6pm-7pm

Continue hacking and prepare presentation

7pm-8pm

Presentations/ Announcement of Winners/ Distribution of Prizes

8pm-9pm

About the Event

We are pleased to announce the first Coptic Hackathon hosted by Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church.
The event will be IN-PERSON on Sunday, July 25, 2021 after the Divine Liturgy.
  • You are encouraged to have your ideas thought of before hand. But All design elements, code, hardware builds, etc. for your project must be created during the time allotted during the event. Third party tools and frameworks are allowed as well as your normal tooling. Written documents and design sketches are allowed. You may use pre-existing material that is freely available to the public into your project, such as public domain images, Creative Commons music, open-source libraries, existing APIs and platforms, and the like.
  •  Teams can be made up of 4 people. If you do not have a team you can sign up individually and find a team on the day of the event.
  • The prizes will be awarded by the decision of the judging panel. Prizes will be announced closer to the event date.
  • At least one team member must be present during sign-in, and all team members must be present IN-PERSON during the hackathon.
  • Any intellectual property developed during the hackathon will belong to the team that developed it.

​For any questions please email info@qsmpt.org

Hackathon 2021